The first look: PNC Championship

The first look: PNC Championship

Field notes and storylines: Tiger Woods and son Charlie are competing as a couple for the fifth time. Her best result is a solo second in 2021… Bernard Langer and son Jason will try to successfully defend their title from a year ago. It was an incredible 2024 for Langer, the senior, as he won the season-ending Charles Schwab Championship in dramatic fashion for his 47th career victory on PGA TOUR Champions – after tearing his Achilles tendon in February and missing seven events… Fred couples And Trevor Immelman will make their PNC Championship debut. Couples will pair with his 16-year-old stepson Hunter Hannemann, while Immelman will pair with his 18-year-old son Jacob Immelman, who plays on the Clemson golf team…LPGA superstar Nelly Korda will be back on the field with her father Petr. Korda had a record-setting season on the LPGA Tour in 2024, winning seven times (including five in a row) and being named Rolex Player of the Year… Annika Sorenstam is also expected to return to the PNC Championship field with her now 13-year-old son, Will. This is the ten-time major winner’s fifth appearance at the event… Lee Trevinonow 85, will continue his streak as the only golfer to have played every round of the PNC Championship. He is back in action alongside his son Daniel… Steve Stricker will once again star alongside daughter Izzi, with the pair making their debut in 2023. Izzi is a freshman on the University of Wisconsin golf team, while Stricker posted an impressive 10 top-10 finishes in just 12 events on PGA TOUR Champions this season, including a win at the Sanford International… Padraig Harrington will have a familiar face by his side in 2024, with his son Paddy Harrington back (for the sixth time) after being on the bench last year and his younger brother Ciaran making his tournament debut. Harrington has won three times on the PGA TOUR Champions this season… Other pairings of past champions in the field include the 2022 winner Vijay Singh with son Qass and winner 2021 John Daly alongside his son John Daly II… The rest of the field is made up of great champions and icons of the game, including David Duval (with son Brady), Nick Faldo (with son Matthew), Stewart Cink (with son Connor), Matt Kuchar (with son Carson), Tom Lehmann (with son Sean), Justin Leonard (with son Luke), 89 years old Gary Player (with grandson Alexander), Nick Price (with son Greg) and Mark O’Meara (with son Shaun), who announced in September that he was retiring after a total of 958 starts on the PGA TOUR and PGA TOUR Champions and an induction into the World Golf Hall of Fame.

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